New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Environmental Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Sustainability55594
2 Science of the Total Environment28133
3 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health22956
4 Remote Sensing20257
5 Journal of Cleaner Production16503
6 Water15378
7 Journal of Environmental Management14438
8 Journal of Hazardous Materials13558
9 Chemosphere10919
10 Environmental Research10626
11 Environmental Science & Technology9251
12 Environmental Pollution8279
13 Water Research6749
14 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6688
15 Atmosphere6657
16 Ecological Indicators6029
17 Frontiers in Environmental Science5848
18 Marine Pollution Bulletin5403
19 Toxics4001
20 Water Air and Soil Pollution3842
21 Environmental Research Letters3552
22 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment3369
23 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics3125
24 Communications Earth & Environment3096
25 Environment International3046
26 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology3022
27 Water Resources Research2661
28 Journal of Environmental Sciences2659
29 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2395
30 Resources Conservation and Recycling2394
31 Global Change Biology2382
32 Environmental Science and Pollution Research2373
33 Energy & Environmental Science2370
34 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies2339
35 Environmental Earth Sciences2331
36 Environmental Technology & Innovation2283
37 Atmospheric Environment2264
38 Waste Management2250
39 Land Degradation & Development2127
40 Marine Environmental Research2054
41 Remote Sensing of Environment1964
42 Energy Policy1947
43 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1933
44 Environmental Geochemistry and Health1926
45 Applied Catalysis A-General1903
46 Biological Conservation1898
47 Waste and Biomass Valorization1822
48 Urban Climate1698
49 Environmental Research Communications1563
50 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy1542
51 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1453
52 Water Science and Technology1371
53 Atmospheric Pollution Research1337
54 Earths Future1291
55 Environmental and Experimental Botany1278
56 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy1274
57 Environmental Science-Nano1266
58 Environmental Modelling & Software1262
59 Nature Climate Change1259
60 Ecological Economics1252
61 Environmental Science & Policy1230
62 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry1179
63 Environmental Toxicology1171
64 Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences1160
65 Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management1159
66 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy1148
67 Journal of Soils and Sediments1141
68 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry1137
69 Environmental Technology1132
70 Journal of Mountain Science1050
71 Radiation Protection Dosimetry1048
72 Ecological Engineering1045
73 Water Supply1002
74 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment992
75 Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology972
76 Environmental Science & Technology Letters951
77 Biodiversity and Conservation932
78 Nature Sustainability930
79 Global Nest Journal917
80 Environmental Health Perspectives916
81 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology902
82 International Journal of Environmental Health Research900
83 International Journal of Biometeorology895
84 Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing893
85 Geocarto International882
86 Conservation Biology879
87 Water Environment Research876
88 Journal of Environmental Radioactivity869
89 Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts865
90 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems859
91 Journal of Coastal Research850
92 One Earth827
93 Climatic Change823
94 Environmental Management815
95 Air Quality Atmosphere and Health791
96 Ecological Applications785
97 Environmental Sciences Europe754
- Journal of Applied Remote Sensing754
99 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology745
100 International Journal of Phytoremediation725
101 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology723
102 Lancet Planetary Health712
103 Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management691
104 Sustainability Science688
105 Health Physics682
106 River Research and Applications680
107 International Journal of Environmental Research674
108 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation668
109 Journal of Arid Environments665
110 Regional Environmental Change661
- Ambio661
112 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal647
113 Journal of Great Lakes Research644
114 Environmental Development640
115 Global Biogeochemical Cycles637
116 Estuaries and Coasts636
117 Utilities Policy630
118 Environmental Microbiology Reports605
119 Ecohydrology596
120 International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment588
121 Journal of Industrial Ecology578
122 Journal of Aerosol Science568
123 Waste Management & Research563
124 Journal of Water and Health545
125 Ecotoxicology542
126 Journal of Environmental Quality532
127 Rangeland Ecology & Management527
128 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering522
129 International Journal of Global Warming519
130 Journal of Environmental Engineering500
- Wetlands500
132 Journal of Hydroinformatics493
133 Journal of Flood Risk Management477
134 Clean-Soil Air Water476
135 Geohealth473
136 Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions467
137 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment457
138 Advances in Climate Change Research456
139 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology452
140 Journal of Radiological Protection451
141 Environmental Chemistry Letters450
142 Environmental Health442
143 Aquatic Sciences439
144 Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine430
145 Natural Resources Forum427
146 Aerosol Science and Technology418
147 npj Clean Water417
148 Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions409
149 Ecosystem Services401
150 Aerosol and Air Quality Research398
151 Water Research X395
152 Soil & Sediment Contamination393
153 Journal of Arid Land381
154 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene373
155 Journal of Hydrologic Engineering364
156 Climate Services352
157 International Journal of Sediment Research341
158 Environmental Engineering Research340
159 Chinese Geographical Science339
160 Conservation Physiology334
- Journal of Coastal Conservation334
162 International Soil and Water Conservation Research327
163 Geomicrobiology Journal324
164 Environment Development and Sustainability323
165 Climate Risk Management315
- Vadose Zone Journal315
167 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering314
- Ecological Processes314
169 Environmetrics309
170 GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society307
171 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change305
172 Ecosystem Health and Sustainability304
- Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene304
174 Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology303
175 Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences301
176 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues300
177 Environmental Modeling & Assessment296
178 Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association295
179 Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability292
- Arctic Science292
181 Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes286
182 Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water272
183 Water and Environment Journal271
184 Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology270
185 Wetlands Ecology and Management266
186 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology260
187 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment252
188 Journal of Elementology247
189 Chemistry and Ecology242
- Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis242
191 Radiation and Environmental Biophysics240
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition240
193 Carbon Balance and Management236
194 Environmental Fluid Mechanics221
195 Bioremediation Journal220
- Environmental Reviews220
197 NanoImpact216
198 Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft210
199 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability207
200 Industrial Health206
- Radioprotection206
202 SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research204
203 Geobiology203
204 Antarctic Science200
205 International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment199
206 Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research197
207 Reviews on Environmental Health194
208 Current Pollution Reports192
209 Environmental and Ecological Statistics186
210 Ozone-Science & Engineering185
211 Anthropocene184
212 Human Dimensions of Wildlife182
213 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering175
214 Food and Environmental Virology168
215 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies167
216 Aerobiologia166
217 Bioenergy Research165
218 Environment160
219 Biogeochemistry159
- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology159
- Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management159
222 Carbon Management156
223 Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences155
224 Environmental Conservation149
- International Journal of Environment and Pollution149
226 Journal of Paleolimnology144
227 Arctic142
- Environmental Forensics142
229 Sustainable Environment Research140
230 Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry135
231 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management132
232 Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry130
233 African Journal of Range & Forage Science128
234 Agricultural & Environmental Letters127
- Environmental Chemistry127
- Natural Resource Modeling127
237 Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental125
238 Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health124
239 Mountain Research and Development121
240 Anthropocene Review116
241 Environmental Evidence114
242 Arid Land Research and Management113
- Polar Record113
- Journal of Hydro-Environment Research113
245 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology107
246 Microbial Risk Analysis105
247 Ecohealth102
248 Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics101
249 Grundwasser100
250 Coastal Management98
251 Journal of Environmental Science and Management95
252 Physical Geography92
253 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews76
254 Journal of Environmental Informatics75
- Climate Research75
256 Water Resources and Economics69
257 Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement64
258 Biochar46
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